This article will cover how you perform the Toe Touch Crunch exercise.
We will include video, image and a written step by step description on how to do this exercise.
Its difficulty level, the equipment you need to do it. The different muscle groups that get worked when you use this exercise.
The benefits you get when adding it to your training routine. Also, some different training cues to use when you are performing it.
Don't worry if you can not yet do the full range of motion. As time goes on and you continue using this lift your range of motion will increase along with the strength of your core.
Step 1: Lay on the floor resting on your back.
Step 2: Keep your feet together and legs straight(or with only a very slight bend) and raise them off of the ground bending at your waist until your legs are straight in the air.
This article will cover how you perform the Wide Stance Barbell Squat Strength Training exercise.
We will include video, image and a written step by step description on how to do this exercise.
Its difficulty level, the equipment you need to do it. The different muscle groups that get worked when you use this exercise.
The benefits you get when adding it to your training routine. Also, some different training cues to use when you are performing it.
Step 1: Load a barbell into a squat station. Set the bar on a peg that is just below shoulder height. Load up the barbell with a suitable weight (use a weight that allows you to do the entire range of motion).
Step 2: Move in front of the barbell and grab it using an overhand grip (palms facing away from your body). Have your hands in a wide grip (wider than shoulder width apart). Bend your knees and dip under the barbell and place it slightly below your rear deltoids along your back. Squeeze your shoulder blades down and back towards each other. When you squeeze your shoulders also rotate your arms forwards, so your elbows are pointing down like you are trying to bend the bar across your shoulders.
Step 1: Move into a roman chair in the upright position. Place your elbows directly under your shoulders on the cushioned pads and grab the handles with the palms of your hands. Keep your back upright and have it flush against the back of the chair.
You are now in the starting position.
Step 2: Use a slow controlled movement and raise your legs up until they are parallel with the ground. Pause at the top position for one to three seconds. You need to keep your legs as straight as possible.
This article will cover how you perform the Single Leg Bench Lunge Strength Training exercise.
We will include video, image and a written step by step description on how to do this exercise.
Its difficulty level, the equipment you need to do it. The different muscle groups that get worked when you use this exercise.
The benefits you get when adding it to your training routine. Also, some different training cues to use when you are performing it.
Bodyweight Skull Crushers is a great exercise to help you build your triceps when you do not have any access to dumbbells or barbells. This lift is useful that it gets commonly used by prisoners when they are inside their cells.
This lift works best for people who have already built a solid foundation of strength and size.
If you are just starting out with lifting, your first focus should be on using heavy compound movement for several months before you add this exercise into your training routine. Until you have built your body a solid foundation this lift has little to offer compared to compound movement training like Bench Press and the Over Head Press.
If you have been lifting for awhile and feel your triceps need some further development, then this is the perfect exercise to add to your routine.
There are multiple different topics we will cover on this exercise.
This article will cover how you perform Bodyweight Skull Crushers with video, image, and a written step by step description detailing each step required for you to do it.
The Dumbbell Push Jerk gets classified as a Strength Training, Compound (multiple joint movements required) training method.
This article will cover how you do this exercise with video, image and a written step by step description on how to do it.
Its difficulty level, optional and required equipment, the different muscles that get worked.
The Benefits you get from doing it, and some training tips to make sure you get the most out of doing this exercise.
Before using this exercise, you should have a solid technique with the traditional plank.
The Close Grip Dumbbell Bench Press is a Pushing Compound(multiple joint movements required to perform the lift) Strength Training exercise.
Tricep kick back and skull crushers cannot compare to the size and strength gains that close grip benching has to offer. So if you are still using isolation exercise on your arms but not getting the results you want, this is the lift for you.
In this article, we will cover how you do the Dumbbell CLose Grip Bench Press with image and video examples. A written step by step description detailing the exact movement pattern required.
The different muscles that it works.
We will also include the benefits you get by doing this exercise. Also, some training tips to make sure you are getting the most out of performing them.
If you are looking for an advanced exercise that will strengthen your whole body, then the Iron Cross Exercise is for you.
This lift is a Strength Training exercise commonly used in the weight room and on the gymnastics floor. This article will focus on the dumbbell version which gets regularly practiced in the weight room.
If you have just started lifting you should focus on heavy compound movements like the Shoulder Press, and Bench Press before you add this lift to your routine.
In this article, we will cover how you the perform the Iron Cross Exercise with video, image and a written step by step description.
Its difficulty level, optional and required equipment, and the different muscles that get worked.
The various benefits that you get when it gets added into your training routine, and some different training tips to ensure you are getting the most out of this exercise when you are performing it.
If you are looking to add some size and strength to your Quadriceps, then the Half Squat is just what you need.
You should add the Half Squat to your routine after you have completed the Full Squat. Half squats are more of an assistance exercise and should be used to add some additional strength to your Quads. It is not a replacement for performing full depth Squats.
This article will cover how to perform the Half Squat with video, image and a written step by step description explaining how you carry out the movement.
Its difficulty level, the equipment that you will need, and the different muscle groups that get worked when you do it.
The different benefits you get when it gets added to your training routine, and some training tips to make sure you get the most out of doing this exercise.
In this article, we will cover how you the perform the Kettlebell Figure 8 with video, image and a written step by step description.
Its difficulty level, optional and required equipment, and the different muscles that get worked.
The various benefits that you get when it gets added into your training routine, and some different training tips to ensure you are getting the most out of this exercise when you are performing it.
Figure 8 works your posterior chain the same way as the kettlebell swing.
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